Matthew:15:1-20

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* Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees , which were of Jerusalem , saying , * Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread . * But he answered and said unto them , Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition ? * For God commanded , saying , Honour thy father and mother : and , He that curseth father or mother , let him die the death . * But ye say , Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother , It is a gift , by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; * And honour not his father or his mother , he shall be free . Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition . * Ye hypocrites , well did Esaias prophesy of you , saying , * This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth , and honoureth me with their lips ; but their heart is far from me . * But in vain they do worship me , teaching for doctrines the commandments of men . * And he called the multitude , and said unto them , Hear , and understand : * Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that which cometh out of the mouth , this defileth a man . * Then came his disciples , and said unto him , Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended , after they heard this saying ? * But he answered and said , Every plant , which my heavenly Father hath not planted , shall be rooted up . * Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind . And if the blind lead the blind , both shall fall into the ditch . * Then answered Peter and said unto him , Declare unto us this parable . * And Jesus said , Are ye also yet without understanding ? * Do not ye yet understand , that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly , and is cast out into the draught ? * But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart ; and they defile the man . * For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , fornications , thefts , false witness , blasphemies : * These are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man .

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